While convicted quadruple murderer Michael D. Elliot remained on the lam earlier this week, his former defense attorney provided The Bay City Times with a case file box containing a multitude of material related to the killer’s court proceedings.

The box contains the autopsy reports for Elliot and Treece’s four victims, transcripts of courtroom testimony, police reports, lab reports, witness lists and exhibits. We sifted through the documents, and here are 10 of the most fascinating items we discovered.

Though several counties have policies and ordinances extending rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender couples and individuals, officials from the Michigan Association of Counties say Bay County is poised to be the first county in Michigan to pass an ordinance barring discrimination of the LGBT community.

A 46-year-old Essexville man is charged with two felonies after police allege he aggressively berated his stepson for calling 911 during a domestic squabble.

Police on Monday, Feb. 3, responded to a home in the 2100 block of Borton Avenue, having been dispatched there after a preteen boy called Bay County Central Dispatch saying his mom and stepdad were fighting. At the scene, the boy told police he heard his stepfather, Gerald J. Lemuel, and mother, Mylanda Lemuel, arguing, then saw his mom slap her husband, court records show.

A Fraser Township woman prosecutors say drunkenly attacked her boyfriend with a knife has been bound over to Bay County Circuit Court, her bond raised after a judge described her as an extremely dangerous person.

The preliminary examination of Michelle A. Devoll, 46, was held Thursday, Feb. 6, before Bay County Chief District Judge Timothy J. Kelly. Bay County Assistant Prosecutor Jeff Stroud called one witness to the stand, Sherwood Friebe, who testified that on Wednesday, Jan. 22, he arrived at his Fraser Township home between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Devoll smelled of alcohol and later drank a pint of whiskey, not an unusual amount for her, Friebe said.